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Gunmen have killed at least 30 villagers and abducted others after a raid in northern Nigeria. The assailants opened fire on residents, kidnapped villagers and burned down the local market and several houses. Attacks of this nature are common in Nigeria, where rogue gangs often target remote communities.

In today’s episode of “The Ben Mulroney Show,” Ben digs into a recent court case where a Nigerian student, whose Visa expired in 2023, extorted a Canadian woman, threatened her, and posted her intimate video online even after she begged him not to. He was sentenced 28 months in prison and was eventually let out...

Anthony Joshua, the Nigerian-British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was involved in a car crash that killed two other passengers in Nigeria on Monday, according to local authorities. Joshua, 36, was reportedly not driving his car when it hit another stationary vehicle.

In Nigeria on Monday, a final group of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren have safely returned to their families after being abducted last month. They were amongst more than 300 pupils and 12 staff members that were seized on November 21st by unknown gunmen. It’s not clear how they were freed, aside from the state government intervening.

Nigeria’s government says it cooperated with the United States in airstrikes targeting Islamic militants in the country’s northwest. The Christmas Day attack hit sites in the northwestern Sokoto State. U.S. President Donald Trump says the strikes were aimed at the so-called Islamic State – which he claims is primarily targeting Christians in Africa’s most populous...

As we celebrate Black History Month, we’re highlighting leaders whose work is shaping our communities in powerful ways. One of those leaders, a 2026 Montreal Black History Month laureate, has made history as the first Nigerian in Montreal to receive this recognition in the past 35 years. Dr. Oluwanifemi Fagbohun, a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, engineer, bestselling...

Former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was led away from a car following a fatal accident which claimed two lives on Monday in Nigeria. The 36-year-old British boxer sustained minor injuries in the crash. He was reportedly on holiday in Africa and has family roots in Nigeria.

It has now been two weeks since gunmen kidnapped more than 300 students and staff from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria – and most of the children remain missing. The attack has forced the closure of more than 20,000 schools across seven states, over fears of further abductions. As Redmond Shannon reports, the children’s...

From the Great Lakes to New York, a massive winter storm is throwing a wrench into holiday travel plans. At Toronto’s Pearson Airport, more than 500 flights have been either cancelled or delayed. And in the West Coast, a powerful atmospheric river hammered California over the holidays, triggering record rainfall, flooding and evacuations across multiple...

Gunmen abducted 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a school in Niger state on Friday, according to an updated tally issued Saturday by the Christian Association of Nigeria. Friday’s attack at St. Mary’s School happened four days after a similar incident in Kebbi state.

Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are co-hosting next summer’s FIFA World Cup. For many Canadians, the focus on Friday’s FIFA ceremony in Washington was split between our national soccer team and the political action on the sidelines. But by leading Group B at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Team Canada may have avoided some of...

Fifty children have escaped after being kidnapped by armed men from a Catholic school in central Nigeria. They were among 315 children abducted in a remote Nigerian community in one of the worst abductions the country has ever seen. Vincent McAviney reports.

Crews in Bella Coola, B.C., continue to search for a bear and her cubs after Thursday’s attack on school group that sent a teacher and three children to hospital. As the search unfolds, it has sparked new calls to rethink the ban on grizzly bear hunting in Alberta and British Columbia. Canada and India are...

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened military action in Nigeria over what he says is the mass killing of Christians by Islamist extremists. While some Nigerian leaders welcome the U.S. assistance, others are pushing back against claims that Nigeria doesn’t tolerate other religions. Candice Cole reports.

Blue Jays fans were processing their feelings Sunday, reflecting on what was an agonizing end to the World Series. Eric Sorensen looks back at the crushing loss but also at how the Blue Jays’ team spirit captured the hearts of Canadians. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Mark Carney will reveal his government’s first federal budget on...

Nigeria’s financial crimes agency says a man who tried to blackmail 14-year-old Robin Janjua by posting intimate images of the teen online has been sentenced to a total of 76-years in prison.

The death toll has risen to at least 151 following waves of heavy flooding that began Wednesday evening in Nigeria’s Niger State.

A B.C. man is giving back to his native Nigeria. His love of gymnastics changed his life and brought him to Canada, and now, as Jay Durant reports, he wants to give other kids the same opportunity, replacing the same rusty, worn-out equipment he used with a world-class gym.

It’s a passion that wasn’t there from the start, it has evolved, and has come to Canada. Author Ozoz Sokoh joins us Jennifer Palma on Global News Morning Weekend BC to discuss her book “Chop Chop Cooking the Food of Nigeria”.

Downtown Dining Week wraps up on March 23. It’s a chance to enjoy diverse menus at discounted prices. Among the more than 60 restaurants taking part – over a dozen are new. Nicole Stillger has the story of one restaurant owner from Nigeria who wanted to fill a gap with her cuisine.